Incredible Coleus
Red Ruffles bears red leaves highlighted with black spots and lime green edges. It will reach two feet tall and as wide by season's end. Rustic Orange is incredibly bright combining dark salmon-orange with high ... [... more]
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Creative Containers For Tropicals
Choose a metal container that complements the colors of your tropical plant. Don't limit yourself to a short, uninteresting size. If you select a tall pot, boost your plant by placing another pot upside down in the ... [... more]
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Variegated Tapioca
Variegated tapioca is a tropical with deeply lobed leaves accented with radiating bright-yellow central stripes. The stems are bright red, a nice contrast to the foliage. Tapioca is a great accent plant for ... [... more]
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Tropical Containers
Dawson also creates a container garden by planting a variety of plants in the same pot. A tall plant for height in the center, colorful fillers and some plants that hang over the edge of the pot make a nice ... [... more]
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Visiting A Tropical Nursery
When choosing plants for a tropical garden, Kristiansen creates a total composition taking both color and form into consideration. A theme emerges in this garden when color acts as a uniting element. If you're not ... [... more]
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Planting A Tropical Garden
The raised bed has an existing camellia. Though it isn't a tropical plant, its glossy green foliage and pink blooms are consistent with the established tropical theme. Dawson prunes and shapes it, removing broken ... [... more]
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Copperleaf
Many selections are available and all have vivid foliage colors, ranging from dark plum reds to shades of pink, red, orange-red and cream. Some have large heart-shaped leaves, while others have smaller, serrated ... [... more]
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Hardy Palms, Cool Climate
Mediterranean fan palms are very slow-growing and will rarely exceed 10 feet, but easily grow to twice as wide. Some very old specimens reach as much as 20 feet. They are quite long-lived, with maturity in about 30 ... [... more]
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Not All Palms Are Created Equal
The fruit of California palms is far from the large dates we know. It is small, with a hard, black shell that protects the inside seed and flesh from insects. This fruit production is related to why the Cahuilla ... [... more]
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Visiting An Orchid Garden
Slipper orchid (Paphiopedilum sukhakulii) gets its name from the formation at the bottom of its flower that looks like a tiny slipper. It is a terrestrial, ground-growing orchid that is found in shadier parts of the ... [... more]
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Tropical Water Lilies
Whether you grow tropical lilies in containers or ponds, keep in mind that they won't survive once temperatures start to cool down in the fall. Some can be successfully over-wintered indoors, but only under the right ... [... more]
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Venus Flytrap Gets Its Due
What makes Venus flytraps so amazing are the clamshell-shaped traps edged with fangs that make them appear quite ferocious. It is remarkable how the trap is triggered by flies, ants or spiders. Open traps contain a ... [... more]
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